Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2016-042
Julie Kovalaske served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania from 2009 to 2012. In her first two years, she was a health extension worker. She extended for a third year to work as a primary education specialist. Kovalaske entered the Peace Corps with a degree in education from the University of Wisconsin as well as a teaching license and proficiency in Spanish. Her training took place in-country in Muheiza, where she lived with a Swahili-speaking family for two months to help learn the language. After training, Kovalaske was placed in the southeastern regional capital of Lindi where she successfully engaged young children in dramatizations about good health practices. She extended her service for a third year and moved to Mtwara, where she worked with a USAID-affiliated agency to develop educational technology. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file). Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, June 17, 2016.